Clipping has several meanings:

• Coin clipping, shaving off a small portion of precious metal for profit
• Clipping (computer graphics), only drawing things that will be visible to the viewer
• Clipping (gardening), or pruning, removing unwanted portions from a plant
• Clipping (hockey), hitting an opposing player below the knees
• Clipping (publications), the cutting-out of articles from a paper publication
• Clipping (phonetics), shortening the articulation of a speech sound, usually a vowel
• Clipping (lexicography), the formation of a new word by shortening it, e.g. ad from advertisement
• Clipping (medicine), in the treat of an aneurysm
• Clipping (audio), the clipping of the top and bottom of a sound wave, referred to as distortion or overdrive

See also

• Clip (disambiguation)

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